In 11-on-11s, Manziel was the first man up because Hoyer hasn't been cleared for full team drills yet. Tyler Thigpen stepped in after Manziel and then rookie Connor Shaw in team periods.

Hoyer did some limited team-work for the second straight week, throwing a touchdown pass to Jordan Cameron in short-yardage drills. Manziel also hit Cameron and Gordon for TDs in team drills, including a perfect strike to Gordon on a corner route.

"Today Johnny had reps with the ones, he had reps with the twos and he also had reps with the threes,'' said offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. "Hoyer's not always in there; he's coming off of a knee injury so he's not cleared to do everything so sometimes when he's in there he's gone with the ones and gotten reps with the twos also. So we're mixing everyone around.''

He declined to assess how the quarterbacks have looked so far.

"It's early and you're throwing a ton at them and right when they think it's getting easy, once they show up tomorrow morning we're going to throw a whole bunch of new stuff at them,'' said Shanahan. "So we're going to have to wipe out today and move on to what the next day is. Right now OTAs to me is about getting your feet wet, trying to learn the offense, get your reps. You're going to have bad reps, which I think are good reps because you learn from bad reps.''

The Browns will try to bring Manziel up the learning curve as quickly as possible, especially with Hoyer still on the mend.

"We're going to be difficult on him as far as just the little things – his footwork, calling the play cleaner in the huddle,'' said Pettine. "I thought we were slow getting in and out of the huddle at times. I just think that's getting used to a lot of the verbiage. As is the case with a bunch of other rookies, too, he's got a lot of stuff to get cleaned up."

Manziel downplayed his apparent little promotion.

"You know, just plugging in whenever they really ask me to go, whatever group it is, I don't put any stock to that or I'm never too high or never too low on that,'' he said. "So I'm just trying to learn every day and I'm learning from the mistakes I do make. I've been here a couple weeks and I've had five or six practices and I don't have it all figured out and I'm still learning as the days go on. Them putting me in some of those situations, there's another speed level there and I'm just getting a little accustomed to it but I don't put any stock into it."

GILBERT SORE KNEE: No. 8 pick Justin Gilbert limped off the field Wednesday about an hour into the practice and had his right knee wrapped with ice. He stood on the sidelines for the rest of the practice, removing the bag toward the end of the session. "No, I don't think it's anything serious,'' said Pettine. "That was just a bag of ice."Defensive coordinator Jim O'Neil has been thrilled with Gilbert so far.

"Obviously great looking corner, he's got great speed, great athletic ability, has length to recover,'' said O'Neil. "I've been really impressed with his work habits in the classroom. He's done a really good job throwing himself into the scheme and trying to learn it. Joe Haden's done a really nice job kind of big brothering him and helping him along in the defense. So I've been really impressed by him."

O'Neil said it's too soon to pencil Gilbert in as a starter.

"No, I think it'll be a competitive situation,'' he said. "I think we've done a great job building some depth at that position. That'll be on him. He's going to get every opportunity to win it, but I don't think that the guys that are playing the position are just going to give it to him. I think Buster Skrine's doing a great job out here also, so it's a good situation and we need to have a lot of corners to be successful in this defense."

DANSBY MINOR INJURY: Linebacker Karlos Dansby was missing from OTAs Wednesday, but Pettine said it's nothing serious. "We're in a voluntary phase of our offseason,'' said Pettine. "He has something minor injury-wise, that he's been dealing with and prefers to deal with it out of town. He should be back we're anticipating next week."

INJURIES: Pettine said most of the players with minor injuries right now should be ready for the start of training camp. He said the only two who might start the season on the physically unable to perform list are Charles Johnson and Travis Benjamin. Both are coming off torn ACLs.

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